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April 11, 2008

Beer News - April 11

Here are today's news listings:
  • Hate taxes? This guy helps you drown your sorrows as he prepares your taxes. It would have softened the blow for me this year if I could have had a beer when I found out how big of a check we had to write. Ouch.
  • I'm really glad I don't live in Cali. You've got to be kidding me with a $0.30 cent (per can) INCREASE in the beer tax. They want to confiscate $2 BILLION. Outrageous. Can you tell we just had to write a check to the feds and I've got taxes on the mind?
  • Who knew Pyramid was such a crummy place to work?
  • How'd this guy get this great assignment? Next time I'm in Denver, I've got more places to check out.
  • Surprise! Beer was advertised during the recent NCAA basketball tournaments. The same college and university presidents that benefit from this revenue are upset about. The Center for Science in the blah blah blah area also upset. As a side note, I heard on the radio this morning that 85% of the viewers were over 21. Where's the problem?
Posted by Fred
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